#2A8ABC#2A8ABC

#2A8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8ABC
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -10.24, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 35.42, 253.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0633 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.115 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1168, 22.2977, 50.8636)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8ABC #BC5C2A

analogous

#2ABCA5 #2A8ABC #2A41BC

triadic

#2A8ABC #BC2A8A #8ABC2A

tetradic

#2A8ABC #A52ABC #BC5C2A #41BC2A

square

#2A8ABC #A52ABC #BC5C2A #41BC2A

split-complementary

#2A8ABC #BC2A41 #BCA52A

monochromatic

#144158 #1F658A #2A8ABC #4CA7D7 #7EC0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2A8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2A8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8ABC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8ABC	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd0',
    500: '#2a8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8abc;
$custom-light: #7aacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60159,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8ABC

secondary

#CB9477

accent

#7A41E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8ABC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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